Inclusion and Diversity Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 135 184
Rank change year-on-year +28 +49 +300
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 240 245 351
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.42% 1.60% 1.36%
As % of the General category 3.89% 2.71% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 178 215
10th Percentile £347 £409 £477
25th Percentile £425 £500 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £668 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £538 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.42% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.54 -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £21.99 £39.00
% change year-on-year +0.68% -43.62% -22.00%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Inclusion and Diversity falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Inclusion and Diversity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Inclusion and Diversity trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Inclusion and Diversity daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Inclusion and Diversity daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Inclusion and Diversity hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.75%) Confluence
1 9 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.50%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.08%) CMS
4 3 (1.25%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.83%) Apache
5 2 (0.83%) Drupal
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) nginx
6 1 (0.42%) Traefik
Applications
1 13 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.42%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Aladdin
1 2 (0.83%) CiviCRM
1 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.42%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 40 (16.67%) Azure
2 29 (12.08%) Power Platform
3 23 (9.58%) AWS
4 16 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.33%) Snowflake
7 7 (2.92%) dbt
8 6 (2.50%) GCP
9 5 (2.08%) SaaS
10 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.67%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.25%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.83%) Collibra
12 2 (0.83%) GitHub
12 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.83%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.50%) Firewall
1 6 (2.50%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (2.08%) Network Security
3 4 (1.67%) 4G
3 4 (1.67%) MPLS
4 3 (1.25%) 2G
4 3 (1.25%) 3G
4 3 (1.25%) 5G
4 3 (1.25%) BGP
4 3 (1.25%) DNS
4 3 (1.25%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.25%) WAN
5 2 (0.83%) DHCP
5 2 (0.83%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.83%) Internet
5 2 (0.83%) OSPF
5 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.83%) VPN
5 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.83%) Power BI
2 8 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.92%) Big Data
4 6 (2.50%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.67%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.67%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.67%) Tableau
6 3 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.25%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.83%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.83%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.83%) HBase
7 2 (0.83%) Impala
7 2 (0.83%) Power Query
7 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.58%) JIRA
2 7 (2.92%) Git
3 5 (2.08%) Cypress.io
3 5 (2.08%) Selenium
4 4 (1.67%) HP UFT
4 4 (1.67%) TestComplete
5 3 (1.25%) GitLab
5 3 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.83%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.42%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.42%) JUnit
7 1 (0.42%) Mockito
General
1 69 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 56 (23.33%) Finance
3 40 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.00%) Law
6 11 (4.58%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.50%) Legal
8 5 (2.08%) Automotive
8 5 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.08%) Retail
9 4 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.67%) Marketing
10 3 (1.25%) Banking
10 3 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.83%) Police
12 1 (0.42%) Advertising
12 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (27.08%) Analyst
2 26 (10.83%) Business Analyst
3 25 (10.42%) Developer
4 21 (8.75%) Senior
5 17 (7.08%) Architect
6 15 (6.25%) Lead
7 13 (5.42%) Consultant
8 11 (4.58%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.75%) Designer
10 7 (2.92%) Azure Architect
10 7 (2.92%) Project Manager
11 6 (2.50%) Service Analyst
11 6 (2.50%) Service Desk Analyst
11 6 (2.50%) Snowflake Developer
11 6 (2.50%) Test Analyst
12 5 (2.08%) 1st Line Support
12 5 (2.08%) DevOps Architect
12 5 (2.08%) IT Support
12 5 (2.08%) Network Engineer
12 5 (2.08%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.33%) .NET
2 5 (2.08%) Kafka
3 4 (1.67%) Akka
3 4 (1.67%) LDAP
3 4 (1.67%) Play Framework
3 4 (1.67%) Playwright
4 3 (1.25%) React
5 2 (0.83%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.83%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Avro
5 2 (0.83%) CSS
5 2 (0.83%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.83%) HTML
5 2 (0.83%) JSON
5 2 (0.83%) LINQ
5 2 (0.83%) RESTful
6 1 (0.42%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.42%) Node.js
6 1 (0.42%) Spring
6 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.58%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.50%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.08%) Industry 4.0
4 5 (2.08%) IoT
5 4 (1.67%) Social Media
5 4 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.25%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.25%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.83%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.83%) PMI
8 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.42%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.42%) NHS
8 1 (0.42%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.75%) Windows
2 14 (5.83%) Linux
3 6 (2.50%) Unix
3 6 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.67%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Android
7 1 (0.42%) CentOS
7 1 (0.42%) VMS
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.33%) Agile
3 26 (10.83%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (9.58%) Mentoring
5 22 (9.17%) Decision-Making
6 21 (8.75%) CI/CD
6 21 (8.75%) DevOps
6 21 (8.75%) Migration
6 21 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (7.50%) Analytics
8 17 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.67%) ITIL
9 16 (6.67%) Visualisation
10 15 (6.25%) Roadmaps
11 14 (5.83%) Artificial Intelligence
11 14 (5.83%) Test Automation
12 13 (5.42%) Change Management
12 13 (5.42%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (5.42%) CRM
12 13 (5.42%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.42%) SQL
2 23 (9.58%) Python
3 10 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.75%) Java
5 7 (2.92%) C#
6 5 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.67%) R
7 4 (1.67%) Scala
8 3 (1.25%) Go
9 2 (0.83%) Bash
9 2 (0.83%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.58%) Degree
4 7 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.25%) ACCA
5 3 (1.25%) CIMA
5 3 (1.25%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.25%) PMP
6 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.42%) CAPM
7 1 (0.42%) CCNP
7 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.42%) CISM
7 1 (0.42%) CISSP
7 1 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) MBA
7 1 (0.42%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.75%) QA
3 6 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.50%) SLA
4 5 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.08%) NIST
5 4 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.67%) PMO
6 3 (1.25%) GDPR
7 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.42%) COBIT
8 1 (0.42%) COSO
8 1 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.42%) GxP
8 1 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS
8 1 (0.42%) NCSC
8 1 (0.42%) P3O
8 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.08%) Docker
3 3 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.83%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (2.50%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.50%) Terraform
2 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.08%) SCCM
3 4 (1.67%) Kibana
3 4 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.83%) Ansible
4 2 (0.83%) Grafana
4 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.42%) Consul
5 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.42%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.42%) Istio
5 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.42%) linkerd
5 1 (0.42%) Packer
5 1 (0.42%) Rancher
5 1 (0.42%) WSUS
5 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 25 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.75%) Oracle
2 9 (3.75%) VMware
3 8 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.50%) CyberArk
5 5 (2.08%) Google
5 5 (2.08%) SAP
6 4 (1.67%) Apple
6 4 (1.67%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.67%) BT
6 4 (1.67%) Cisco
6 4 (1.67%) Databricks
6 4 (1.67%) Murex
6 4 (1.67%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.67%) Reuters
7 3 (1.25%) IFS
7 3 (1.25%) Lotus
7 3 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.83%) BMC
8 2 (0.83%) Remedy